Jarret Keene

Punk Rock Bowling is back again, and the musical lineup looks superb. There’s plenty of classic testosterone-fueled punk on hand (Agnostic Front, The Damned, D.R.I.), sure. But there’s also more diverse, quirkier fare this time around. Case in point: new-wave pop radicals Devo, and a group comprising former members of hardcore icons Black Flag called, […]

Denver indie-rock band Snake Rattle Rattle Snake slithers into Centennial Plaza at the Historic Fifth Street School (401 S. Fourth St.) at 6:30 p.m. April 27. (Local act American Cream opens.) If the school seems an odd venue to host a free rock show, that’s because it is. How did it happen? Turns out the Las Vegas Cultural Affairs department was […]

For the past two years and four months, Kleven Contemporary hosted many of the best contemporary art exhibits in Las Vegas. The micro gallery, housed in Emergency Arts, drew emerging artists who worked in a diversity of media and styles, from Andrew Sea James’ photography of quirky Valley landscapes to a paper installation by Andreana Donahue to Kyla […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you want to know what’s worth seeing at Neon Reverb this week, ask Vegas Seven’s local music expert Jarret Keene. Here are his picks for the homegrown Downtown music festival, which begins March 20. National Acts One of the best touring lineups is at 8 p.m. March 22 at Beauty Bar’s two (indoor/outdoor) […]

Since 2008, Neon Reverb, Downtown Las Vegas’ beloved indie-rock festival—set to return on March 20—has hosted many of the best up-and-coming touring bands. As the festival grew, Neon Reverb founders James Woodbridge and Thirry Harlin grew more ambitious, offering music in all genres—blues, metal, hip-hop, rockabilly. Shows took place in a sprawling assortment of Downtown venues. The […]

For 13 years, Richard Thomas Hooker served as senior cultural specialist for the City of Las Vegas. During that time, he played an instrumental and collaborative role in a series of projects that transformed Downtown. He co-chaired the Vegas Valley Book Festival; spearheaded the Aerial Gallery (which stretched along Las Vegas Boulevard); secured the first […]

Dear Vegas Music Scene, I’ve come up with a few New Year’s resolutions on your behalf. Keep the following in mind as you work toward developing into a real live-music destination instead of a stop tacked on between gigs in Oakland, Calif., and Tempe, Ariz. The scene’s first motion? For someone to please do something […]